“He does all the little things you want in a baseball player,” the manager said. “He just goes about his business and competes.”

He added that his team understands that no player is more important than any other on the team.

“We have played our team members as equally as possible in playing time so far and everyone has contributed to what we have accomplished up to this point.”

Will Meier is in his fifth season managing Seaboardand the veteran manager isn’t one to single out players.

“Solid pitching with great offensive support has been a key to our success,” he said. “We have a good mix of guys who have played for us over the last couple of seasons. They know what it takes to be successful.”

And he added about his new players, “Our new players have stepped up and matched that level of production.”